Basketball Recap: Living Word Lutheran Picks Up Fifth Straight Win at Home

Living Word Lutheran extended their home winning streak to five games thanks to a huge performance from Eric Britton. The Living Word Lutheran Timberwolves strolled past the Heritage Christian Patriots with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 68-49 thanks in part to Britton, who went 6-for-13 to rack up 13 points in addition to eight boards and six assists. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in steals (six).

Jordan Evans

Points

02/11/25 vs Heritage Christian	15
02/07/25 @ Lake Country Lutheran	21
02/06/25 @ Augustine Prep	23
01/30/25 vs Messmer	21
01/24/25 @ Brookfield Academy	15
+ 2 more games

Another player making a difference was Jordan Evans, who went 5-for-12 en route to 15 points and five rebounds. The matchup was his seventh in a row with at least 15 points.

Living Word Lutheran is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 34.9% in those games and 23.5% outside of them. As for Heritage Christian, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-14.

Coming up, Living Word Lutheran will be playing at home against University School of Milwaukee at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Heritage Christian, they will head out on the road to face off against St. John's Northwestern Military Academy at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Heritage Christian is facing St. John's Northwestern Military Academy at the right time seeing as St. John's Northwestern Military Academy is stuck on an 18-game losing streak.